But Alatreon is coming to crash your party Capcom has released its newest developer diary for mega-selling adventure titleMonster Hunter World: Iceborne. The video takes a look at all of the exciting new features, challenges, and festivities headed to the island over the coming summer months. Title Update 4 –previously delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic– will finally launch on all platforms July 9, bringing a majestic new giant to your hit-list....

Pushing through with the beta may have delayed the game The beta forGran Turismo Sporthas been cancelled. The demo was announced last year, butnow the game is confirmed for release in November,the beta has been cancelled in order not to delay the game. Talking toVideoGamer, creator Kazunori Yamauchi said: “That’s something that I’m very, very sorry about. In order to do a beta test we have to make a gold master of the beta test code, and for us it actually takes as much effort as to finish the real master code of the actual game....

Episode coming next Monday As Microsoft promised, we’ll be getting free post-launch episodes forHalo 4‘sSpartan Opsin the coming weeks (maybe months?). Episode 2 is arriving this Monday, and to precede that we have someamazingCGI work. I have afunnystory about that. When the opening cutscene forHalo 4started, I really thought it was live-action. No shame. Anyway, I couldn’t honestly tell you what was going on in this trailer, as I’m only about an hour inHalo 4‘s solo campaign and haven’t touched the co-op stuff yet....

It’s finally her legend In whatseems to be abudding trend, an industrious hacker has whipped up some animations and palette swaps for the Zelda sprite inThe Legend of Zeldaand made her the playable character. This isn’t the first time a remake of the originalLoZhas let us play as a woman. The Satellaview exclusiveBS Zelda no Densetsualso provided that option, though few of us had access to that game upon its initial release....

Um, what? Nintendoalready blundered the original Wii Uin terms of hard drive space, as the system couldn’t even fit one of its major titles at launch without an external hard drive. My issue is that although most of us know how to buy a cheap $50 HDD and simply plug it in, you’re alienating a ton of casual users who don’t partake in technology trends. This could have been alleviated with thumb drive support, whicheveryonehas at this point, but Nintendo quietly states that you’re not supposed to use USB sticks on the Wii U, even though they technically work....

Very rad While big publishers are announcing new games out of thin air this year, indie developers have been hard at work unveiling their creations too: including this new eye-turning game from developer Blastmode/MP2 calledMighty Goose. With geese being all the rage now it couldn’t have come at a more perfect time; and the Nitrome-esque art style combined with theMetal Sluggameplay is going to be an instant sell for a lot of people....

I gotta say, I was more than impressed with the amount of submissions we received for the first installment of Monthly Musings. We received some incredibly intelligent submissions which provoked genuine debate, and nobody even posted any pictures of their penises. For the most part. But that’s the past — another month, another Monthly Musings topic, another opportunity to get your work featured on the front page. This month, the topic is “…And the gamers who play them,” focusing on videogame subcultures, cliques and clans....

bLiNd’s debut solo remix album MAGFest is the gift that keeps on giving! There was thenew Armcannon album, and now we’ve got a full-length remix album by OverClocked ReMix legendJordan “bLiNd” Aguirre. Will the magic and music ever stop? Just in time for last week’s big event, bLiNd made available his first solo work,NESteryears. As the name implies, he chopped up some classic NES jams fromSuper Mario Bros.,Castlevania,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more for your listening pleasure....

Slam ’em Despite troubles at Codemasters, theOnRushteam is still trucking with updates for the game, which includes the addition of ranked play and a “Summer Slam” event. The former will drop on August 13, and the latter hits August 27, which brings in “new celebrations, new epic character outfits, new epic vehicle shells, new epic liveries, XP bonuses and new Tombstones.” While Summer Slam’s aesthetic looks neat, the real rub is howOnRushis stepping up its online infrastructure....

But here’s a crazy video and demo to hold you over [Update: It looks like the servers are up now! I’m playing now — review coming this afternoon.] Sorry, but we’re going to be a little late on ourMario Golf: World Tourreview. As of 9 a.m. this morning we’re allowed to run our reviews, but Nintendo has had some issue in getting their servers up for online play. I’ve had the game for awhile now so I’ve beat the offline portion of the game already....

Weapon and power-up spawns tweaked as well Yesterday’sHalo 4War Games update has brought more than a few new additions. From weapons, maps, and gametypes, there’s a good amount of tweaking here. Chief among them has to be the laundry list of overhauls to the weapon balance. These include increased damage for many weapons including the battle rifle, SAW, assault rifle, suppressor, magnum, storm rifle, and the chain guns on both the Mantis and Warthog....

Cblogs of 3/20 to 17-06-2025 –Gamingnerdreflects on the legacy of theResident Evilseries in celebration of its 25th anniversary. –Niorcontinues his retrospective onThe Legacy of Kainseries retrospective with this blog onBlood Omen 2. –Kerrik52reflects on the nature and application of crafting systems in video games. –Eggs&BrewsterJrcompares theLord of the Ringsgames:Shadow of MordorandLego Lord of the Rings. –Lord SpencerreviewsSaga Frontieras part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series. –MothsdiscussesWolfenstein II’sstory and gameplay in this blog....

Well, one of the next AC games It’s believed that Ubisoft has two installments ofAssassin’s Creedreleasing this year: one for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, the other for Xbox 360 and PS3.Kotakuhas acquired leaked images of the former title, known asUnity, and it looks like Paris is one of the next locations for the franchise. Of special note are the dedicated “parkour up/down” buttons, as shown in the images. Prior rumors have pinned the title as starring the assassin Arno during the French Revolution....